- A 21st Century Behavior Therapy Podcast -

Speaking to Ingrid Ord was a wonderful opportunity to get a perspective of how a Christian views Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and about her book, ACT with Faith. I have a history of working the the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP; the organization that was highlighted in the Academy Award winning movie, Spotlight), and have worked with very distraught Christians and understand the obstacles of applying ACT to people of certain faith. Ingrid wrote a really neat book to help unravel those types of issues. I hope you enjoy the podcast.

I have a few trainings coming up during 2016, and a lot of exciting projects for 2017. Contact me for more information.

Norman Gustavson is an ACT therapist and trainer working in Afghanistan. He tells of his experiences working with clients and trainees in Kandahar, and about the state of mental health treatment in that region. He also talks about how mindfulness meditation helps him with his job and explains how he uses The Matrix with clients, as well.

Brandon Gaudiano has done a great deal of research in
contextual behavioral approaches related to clinical work. His website at Brown University
is a treasure trove of great publications that you can download, read, and
apply. He also has a new book titled Incorporating Mindfulness and Acceptance
into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions. It
is available on Amazon, and you can get to that bookstore by clicking through the
ACBS website. Whether you treat
individuals with serious mental illness or not, Brandon discusses important
points for anyone applying the ACT model in treatment. Enjoy!

Beate Ebert is
doing a remarkable job helping reduce suffering and improve quality of living
for people in Sierra Leone. She’s
helping establish mental health infrastructures, training professionals in
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and doing important implementations of
public health initiatives to reduce the spread of Ebola in West Africa. She and I worked together with Joanne Dahl
presenting ACT workshops in Sierra Leone.
Beate and I reminisce about that experience and talk about the
challenges of disseminating the contextual behavioral sciences. Beate explains how she used ACT to influence
people’s actions to reduce the spread of the Ebola virus. (Check out Steve Hayes’s blog about this
topic here.)

We also discuss our experience in the amputee camps,
conversations with adults who were child-combatants, prevention measures, and
our interaction with Father Peter Conte, a great community organizer in
Freetown. (To read a little bit about Peter, look here).

This was the most fun I've had doing a podcast. Joann Wright, my friend, colleague, and "Big Sister" in graduate school talks with me about compassion and group therapy. She and Darrah Westrup have a book coming out this year on ACT and group psychotherapy (New Harbinger Publications).

This edition of Functionally Speaking includes two
interviews. They were both done back
when I was more involved with this podcast a few years ago, but just because
they are old, doesn’t mean I shouldn’t put them out for folks to listen
to! Kelly Wilson joins me to talk about
his book Mindfulness for Two and then
I interview Julie Vargas, B.F. Skinner’s daughter, about her book Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching. Enjoy!!

For folks interested, I’m doing several trainings in the
next few months:

CBT & Mindfulness

Kalamazoo, MI – December 9, 2014

Grand Rapids, MI – December 10, 2014

Lansing, MI – December 11, 2014

Sacramento, CA – January 27, 2015

Oakland, CA - January 28, 2015

Palo Alto, CA - January 29, 2015

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Macon, GA - February 9, 2015

Norcross, GA - February 10, 2015

Marietta, GA - February 11, 2015

Tuscon, AZ – March 10, 2015

Scottsdale, AZ - March 11, 2015

Phoenix, AZ - March 12, 2015

Treating OCD & Hoarding

Tinley Park, IL - April 29, 2015

Lisle, IL - April 30, 2015

Arlington Heights, IL – May 1, 2015

If interested in my scheduled dates about SAFETY or
LEADERSHIP training, or for information on how to register for the above
events, please feel free to email me: Daniel.Moran@comcast.net. Thanks for listening!

It’s the triumphant return of Functionally Speaking! After
several years of dormancy, the podcast is back and featuring an interview with Dennis
Tirch. He’s an awesome contextual
behavioral scientist, compassionate therapist, and passionate mindfulness enthusiast. He and I speak about the book he coauthored
with Benji Schoendorff and Laura Silberstein, The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion: Tools for Fostering Psychological Flexibility. If you enjoy the podcast, or have feedback... or a request related to what I should talk about, tweet me! @drdjmoran

Before the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences conference in The Netherlands, there were many requests to record the workshops.Joanne Dahl, Jennifer Plumb, Ian Stewart, and Tobias Lundgren led a fantastic workshop entitled The Art & Science ofValuing in Psychotherapy.They wrote a book withthe same title published by New Harbinger, and it is excellent.

This is Part Two of the workshop.Just to clarify, all I did was record this workshop and asked for permission to post it here on the Functionally Speaking website.Enjoy!